Why is Zongzi named Zongzi?
The record of Zongzi in history was first seen in Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi in Han Dynasty. The word "Zongzi" is originally called "glutinous rice", and "Shuo Wen Xin Fu Mi Bu" means "glutinous rice wrapped in reed leaves". From the rice, it is squeaky. " "Shuo Wen Qiang": "Hey, keep your feet together." When a bird flies, it converges its legs and claws. "Gathering Rhyme to Send Rhyme": "Hey, there are many corners. Or make dumplings. " Zongzi, also known as "Jiao Shu", was first recorded in the local customs of the Western Jin Dynasty: "The fifth day in midsummer, Fang Bo is extremely harmonious. Enjoy corn and tortoise scales in Shunde. Note: the end is also the beginning, which means the fifth day of May. Four zhong is Fang Bo. The custom is heavy on May 5th, the same as the summer solstice. ● (the same as "duck"), Chunfu chicks are all allowed to eat during the summer solstice. First of all, the first two festivals are one day, and then sticky rice is wrapped in leaves, mixed with millet, cooked with pure gray juice, and the second festival is still good. ..... wrapped in sticky rice, a' glutinous rice' and a' horn millet', covering the image that Yin and Yang are still intertwined and wrapped up. " In Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty, it was clearly stated that millet was wrapped in leaves and cooked into food in the shape of sharp corners or palm leaves, so it was called "angular millet" or "zongzi". After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, rice dumplings were mostly wrapped in glutinous rice, so they were called rice dumplings instead of corn millet.